Highest CEC Rating of any zeolite product — over 180 MEQ/100 grams.

While other zeolite manufacturers seek to nanosize their powders or ultra clean their zeolite liquid solutions, NRG Natural Zeolite has only one goal:

• This goal is to maximize the toxin removing ability of our product.
• To accomplish this goal we do not nanosize (ultra-grind) the zeolite crystals as that process breaks up too many of the micro-scopic chambers of a zeolite crystal. A broken chamber cannot capture anything. This is evidenced by our much higher CEC rating.
• The size of our zeolite crystals is such that it does not pass into the bloodstream, but works entirely from within the villi of the small intestines to capture toxins out of one's blood stream. By, not entering the blood stream, our zeolite will not cause extra work or damage to the kidneys to filter the zeolite out of the blood stream.

Answer: Although, Clinoptilolite zeolite is a natural and, therefore, a varying product by deposit, Clinoptilolite’s commonly accepted chemical formula name is: Hydrated Sodium Potassium Calcium Aluminum Silicate, also called Potassium-calcium-sodium-aluminosilicate for short.

Answer: Cation Exchange Capacity, or CEC, is a way to measure the capacity that a particular zeolite has to capture cations (positively charged particles such as lead, ammonia, etc.). After all the marketing hype is done, the only thing that really matters is the relative capacity of Zeolite to detoxify (or remove cations) from blood and cellular cytoplasm.

CEC is measured in the laboratory by putting a test substance (such as ammonia, which is a strong cation) in water solution, adding zeolite, then removing the zeolite through filtration and measuring the remaining test substance (cation, again, typically ammonia) that was not removed from the water. The less of the test substance that remains in the water after treatment with zeolite), the higher it’s CEC rating (or toxin pulling power). At 180 to 220 MEQ/100 grams, our Natural Zeolite Powder has the highest CEC rating of all zeolites on the market.

Answer: Some people might call Zeolite a nutrient because it can deliver silica, calcium and potassium to the body. However, Zeolite’s primary contribution to health is detoxification.

Answer: Natural Zeolite Powder makes contact with the blood as it passes through the villi of the small intestines. Intestinal villi are actually “mixing chambers”, and there are millions of them in one’s intestines. It is in these mixing chambers that food particles have intimate contact (by mixing with the blood). Blood enters the villi so that the blood can pick up food particles and and carry them throughout the body. The blood circulates back out of the villi (after having come in to get food), but the zeolite does not go into the bloodstream.

While the zeolite is going through the alimentary canal and villi along with food particles, fiber, water, wastes, etc. the zeolite captures whatever toxins were in the blood and intestinal tract and then continues its path through gastrointestinal tract. Eventually, the zeolite (laden with the toxins it has trapped) exits the body in one’s stools.

Answer: A short answer is that this particular dirt is good for you.

Actually, eating dirt is a healthy practice. In this regard, Zeolite is an especially good dirt, since its naturally occurring heavy metals are all tightly-bound (and, therefore, will not go into the body) and it supplies silica, calcium and potassium which are good for the body. Also, zeolite removes toxins from the body. A sample analogy for Zeolite is that it is like a vacuum that, although it contains dirty bags and dirty filters, is still able to clean your house of dirt.

In giving a longer answer to this question:

• The kind of Zeolite we use called Clinoptilolite is GRAS listed (generally regarded as safe).
• Our Clinoptilolite Zeolite is exceptionally pure (see its assay and CEC rating).
• Our Clinoptilolite Zeolite is free of pathogens.
• Our Natural Clinoptilolite Zeolite Powder CEC rating shows that it is exceptionally capable of removing toxins from the body. Tightly bound means that the naturally occurring, aluminum, titanium, copper, iron and other heavy metal components of zeolite, are all tightly bound (not water soluble). Tightly bound means that they are bound in the zeolite crystal, will not leave the crystal and will not go into the human body. Actually, those tightly bound elements are necessary to be there to give the negative electrical charge in the capillary structure. When zeolite goes through one’s digestive tract, the zeolite will capture heavy metals, such as aluminum, lead, or titanium that it encounters. It clears the blood of these heavy metals and other other toxins in the intestinal villi where zeolite mixes with food. Indeed, it cleans the body like a dirty vacuum cleans dirt from our houses. Toxins go into zeolite, but not out!

Answer: That’s grossly misleading… very similar to saying that that "beans" are poisonous.

A few beans are poisonous. Most are not. One particular zeolite has been shown to be cancer causing. But, just as most beans are edible and nutritious, most Zeolites are beneficial. There are 50 types of zeolite, only one is cancer causing. A fibrous, white colored zeolite known as Erionite is a damaging to cell membranes and highly correlated to cancer. Even though erionite is a zeolite (i.e. it has negatively charged internal tunnels) and has been shown to increase cancer, Clinoptilolite is not cancer causing.

The type of zeolite that is used for human detoxification is called Clinoptilolite. Clinoptilolite is GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) listed by the U.S. government and has been used for a long while (since the Roman Aqueducts) with a history of benefits. Millions of people are currently consuming Clinoptilolite Zeolite, with beneficial consequences. Clinoptilolite Zeolite has a great capacity to remove toxins, including radiation from people, soil and water. Detoxifying the body is one of the most beneficial practices any person can have today because of the toxic world in which we live. The regular use of Clinoptilolite zeolite will help prevent cell membrane damage, which takes one in the opposite direction of cancer.

Answer: Our Natural Zeolite Powder stays in the gastrointestinal tract and never enters the bloodstream. But, our liquid Zeolite/fulvic/humic product, Zeoheal™ enters both the blood stream and also crosses into the blood brain barrier as well as into individual cells to clean them.

Answer: The truth about zeolite is that it CAN take nutrients away. But, it isn’t likely, if used as directed. And the truth is that virtually any food or supplement can hurt you if you take too much. Just like it is possible to drink too much water, or eat too many nuts or berries, or take too much Vitamin C, or do too much exercise (anything good can be overdone) it is possible to take too much zeolite and the effect of taking too can be taking calcium or other minerals out of your body. But, this could only happen if one is consuming far more than is recommended.

It has a slightly chalky taste.

Answer: Hmm... not really.

Whether red, black, brown, green, white or translucent... all Clinoptilolite zeolites are useful for detoxifying the body. However, a good general statement would be that colored zeolites will work better than translucent zeolites (because they will have a higher CEC rating or toxin capturing power). A completely pure zeolite would be translucent like glass and would have less toxin capturing power than a colored zeolite.

• The color of zeolite is imparted by the particular minerals that are part of the zeolite deposit, iron, copper, titanium, etc. The majority of zeolites are gray or brown in color.
• Zeolite color is the result of how light is reflected when it strikes the zeolite. The color is the result of the particular combination of minerals and silica making up the zeolite. Zeolite gets a large part its toxin attracting power color from the minerals within the zeolite structure of silica crystals. Those minerals are essential for zeolite to work.
• The various combinations of minerals can create red, blue, green, brown, black colored zeolites. But, instead of trying to judge by color (outward appearance) which is not very scientific, we simply say to judge by CEC rating.
• CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) rating can be measured. CEC (Cation Exchange Capacity) means how powerful is the “toxin pulling and trapping power” of zeolite, i.e., how much toxic material a zeolite can pull out of water solution (or out of the human body). That is a real measure of zeolite power, not color.
• Here’s an analogy... if a group of men all claimed to be the strongest, instead of believing their stories of strength (or being attracted to their brightly colored outfits), a better way would be to invite them to a weightlifting contest. The one who lifted the greatest weight would be the strongest, not the one with most impressive stories (marketing copy) or physique (outward appearance).
• Similarly, CEC rating is what you want to know, not marketing hype.
• We have heard of one zeolite vendor stating that a green color of zeolite means that ingesting that particular zeolite would poison you with copper. This is utter nonsense, possibly designed to scare you away from any zeolite but that particular vendor’s zeolite.
• Heavy metals are captured by zeolite, not released. That is a basic fact about zeolite. If you don’t believe that, then you don’t understand zeolite’s ability to remove toxins from the body. Our Zeolite rock/ore is 95%+ Clinoptilolite zeolite, while most zeolite ores are only 50 to 70% pure zeolite.
• Clinoptilolite, itself, is translucent like glass. The metals in the zeolite crystal become tightly bound as zeolite is formed from molten lava and seawater, and do not come out of the zeolite when mixed with water or when eaten.
• Those metals are essential to the electrical attraction of the zeolite (which is what captures toxins). Ranchers, who have the most practical experience with zeolites, believe that green zeolites are among the most effective in producing healthy animals.
• However, this has not been addressed through studies, going beyond the rancher’s account sheets showing their profits.
• Since it is possible that zeolite crystals could be mixed with colored dirt one should never judge a zeolite by its color only.
• Science says: don't believe in the color, believe in the CEC rating.

Answer: Eating inorganic, free aluminum or aluminum salts isn’t a good idea, but the aluminum in Zeolite is not free.

• Therefore, that aluminum will not be digested or otherwise enter the blood.
• Aluminum in Zeolite is tightly bound in the zeolite crystalline structure.
• As a matter of fact, if Zeolite encounters aluminum ions or other heavy metal ions in the body it will trap them and carry them out of the body.
• Consider that many people daily eat salt, which contains two terribly poisonous substances, sodium and chlorine. Sodium by itself can kill you and chlorine by itself can kill you. Yet, we eat salt without fear because of the way salt is put together and tightly bound.
• The same principle applies to zeolite. It is put together in a way that is going to benefit you, not hurt you.

Answer: We recommend Zeolite for all of the following: plants, animals and people.

Zeolite makes greener lawns and healthier plants, animals and people, both by increasing nutrition and especially by trapping harmful substances so that they do no damage. For instance, with plants, Zeolite prevents the uptake of arsenic and even radiation from the soil. As an example, after the Chernobyl reactor accident, the Russian government spread hundreds of millions of pounds of zeolite on the ground to trap the radiation. As a result, the foliage in this area has blossomed as never before.

However, as always, we always encourage people to discuss their plans with a health professional who is treating you as a unique individual. We are not health care professionals, and more importantly, we are not your health care professional, and therefore cannot be responsible for your health decisions.

Even if you were considering exercising, drinking more water or eating more fruits and vegetables, things that are commonly believed to be good for virtually everyone, there are dangers created by the uniqueness of each individual. What is good for 999,999 out of 1,000,000 people might be bad for you. That’s why you would do well to discuss your health plans with a health care professional who knows you individually.

Answer: We recommend one to a maximum of 5 teaspoon servings spread out during the day depending on a person’s “estimation” of their toxic load and depending on how one feels at a particular dosage. Zeolite can cause constipation in higher doses.

One could even take more zeolite than five teaspoons if highly toxic. Some people have taken up to ten teaspoons a day for a period of time (with a lot of extra water to avoid constipation). A possible gauge other than how one feels for determining a dosage could be the urine and stool smell. A bad smelling stool means ammonia is present in the stool. So, when the urine and stool becomes odorless, that zeolite dosage is just about perfect.

Answer: Yes. In fact, the Russian government gave zeolite to large numbers of children to detoxify them from radiation following the Chernobyl reactor meltdown. It is well known that by birth children have already absorbed a large amount of toxins from their mothers while gestating and continue to do so while nursing. We do recommend, however, waiting until a child is at least a year old and eating solid foods. We also recommend using smaller serving sizes than for adults, such as 1/8, 1/4 or 1/2 teaspoon (depending on size).

Answer: There is no wrong way. We recommend consuming Zeolite in virtually any format - baked into cookies or bread, mixed in breakfast cereal, added to morning coffee, mixed in beverages of any type.

Mixed in cookies was how zeolite was used to remove radiation from Russians who were contaminated after the Chernobyl incident. Zeolite ability to remove toxins is not disturbed by cooking or baking. Please note that “starting slower” is ALWAYS better. We recommend starting at 1/2 to one teaspoon per day and increasing slowly from there.

Answer: So, let’s review the differences in zeolite types:

1. An important difference between liquid zeolites and Zeolite is that liquid zeolites typically cost hundreds of times more than powdered Zeolites, when comparing gram to gram cost. Of course cost doesn't matter to wealthy people, but it may matter to someone who needs to budget carefully.
2. A second difference is that liquid zeolites are usually ultra-cleaned. Ultra clean sounds very nice to modern day people, especially to women, but, it's actually not important, just like using somewhat dirty vacuum bags is not that important, either. The vacuum still is able to clean just fine even with a vacuum bag that's not brand new.
3. A third difference is that liquid zeolites often have such small zeolite particles that the particles will enter the bloodstream and go into the brain as well instead of only cleaning the bloodstream through the intestinal villi.

In regard to # 1,

• powdered zeolites are much more cost effective for general purification of the bloodstream, but if one's brain is highly toxic, too, there may be no better choice than to use a liquid zeolite.

In regard to point # 2,

• powdered zeolites typically undergo only a minor amount of filtration and cleaning.
• Liquid zeolites, on the other hand, are often treated at high temperature and chemically treated to clean the cages of any heavy metals they might have picked up over eons of time.
• Wanting a zeolite that has undergone this ultra cleaning process could be compared to only using brand new filter bags each time one uses a vacuum. (Question: does a vacuum bag have to be brand new to be able to clean well?)
• If you don’t use a brand new bag each time you use a vacuum cleaner then you can understand that zeolite doesn’t have to be absolutely purified in order to work. It just has to trap toxins and NOT release them into the body. As long as it does that, that’s all that is needed. And to evaluate this, all one needs to know is the CEC rating.

In regard to # 3,this can be important to consider. Two thought processes exist in regard to this point:

1. The first consideration is that generally speaking it is better to only clean the blood from the intestinal villi without introducing zeolite into the blood (so that there is no possibility for damaging the kidneys which would have to filter those particles back out of the bloodstream). Small zeolite particles can get into the blood stream, but large particles cannot. That's why our zeolite is based on having a large particle sizes (Sieve size 30).
2. A second thought process, however, is that occasionally it is important for zeolite to be small enough to enter the blood stream... in order to cross the blood brain barrier... in order to better clean the brain. This is why we offer ZeoHeal™.

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• Vitamin C supplementation to prevent cardiovascular disease
• Dr. Cousins on safe use of Clinoptilolite Zeolite
• Safety of Powdered Zeolite at 15 mg per day
• Scientific American - babies exposure to toxins
• Video of Mercury Outgassing from Teeth: anyone with mercury dental fillings should be taking Zeolite